Military Medal – C Battery, Royal Horse Artillery (Announced in the first gazette for the award of an M.M.)

Military Medal – C Battery, Royal Horse Artillery (Announced in the first gazette for the award of an M.M.) Military Medal (Geo V) 68817 Gnr E. Jeffery. “C” By R.H.A. Military Medal, London Gazette 3rd June 1916. This is the first gazette for the award of a Military Medal, and included awards for actions carried out in 1914,15 and early 1916. Enlisted 13th February 1912 Wounded France 4th July 1918, Bomb wound to left leg and shoulder. Discharged 31st December 1918 Serving as part of the 3rd Cavalry Division (IV Brigade, RHA), C Battery, Royal Horse Artillery was officially engaged in the following battles and actions on the Western Front during World War I: 1914 (The Mobile Phase) Defence of Antwerp (October) First Battle of Ypres (October–November) Battle of Langemarck Battle of Gheluvelt Battle of Nonne Bosschen 1915–1917 (Trench Deadlock & Allied Offensives) Second Battle of Ypres (May 1915) Battle of Frezenberg Ridge Battle of Loos (September–October 1915) Battle of Arras (April 1917) Assault on Monchy-le-Preux Battle of Vimy Ridge (artillery detachment support) 1918 (German Offensive & The Hundred Days) First Battle of the Somme / German Spring Offensive (March–April) Battle of St. Quentin Battle of the Avre Battle of Amiens (August) Battle of Cambrai / Breach of the Hindenburg Line (September–October) Battle of Le Cateau (October) Pursuit to the Selle (October) Final Advance in Flanders (October–November) Condition – NEF, suspension bar is loose.